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Paul McCartney closes Olympic opening ceremony

Paul McCartney concluded the Olympics Opening Ceremony with two songs from The Beatles, 'The End' and 'Hey Jude'.

Sir Paul managed to get through the entire performance without anyone pulling the plug.

'And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make' became a message to the world by the 70-year old superstar. The world then got to sing-a-long to his Beatles hit 'Hey Jude' with Paul dividing the chant between the males and females in the audience.

The four hour opening ceremony included appearances from the Arctic Monkeys and Dizzee Rascal and a music setlist of British music highlights put together by filmmaker Danny Boyle.

A soundtrack from the ceremony is planned for release on August 12.

The Danny Boyle 86 song Olympic playlist

Danny Boyle was the man behind the music at the Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The British filmmaker was the man behind 'Slumdog Millionaire', '28 Days Later', 'Sunshine' and 'Trainspotting'.

'Slumdog Millionaire' earned him the Academy Award for Best Director.

Boyle was hired as the Artistic Director for the London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony and put together the 86 songs you heard at the opening ceremony with help from Underworld. Underworld's 'Born Slippy' featured in Boyle 1996 movie 'Trainspotting' and was also placed in the Opening Ceremony today.